Fish day

Nikolai Davydenko and Mikhail Yuzhny lost at the Tournament in Indian-Wells after matches of the third circle of the Masters series in the California Indian-Wellsa, left without Russian players. Nikolai Davydenko, sowed under the fourth number, was navigated by the American Murdi Fish, and Mikhail Yuzhny also lost to Australian Llatyon Hughitt in two sets. Actually, the defeat of Davydenko was almost the only sensation of the third circle, the rest of the favorites went into the 1/8 finals without unnecessary noise. A similar situation has women: she lost Marion Bartoli, other leaders go further.

Such a weak Davydenko has not seen for a long time. Just some kind of Goliafenko, not Davydenko. The main quality of Nikolai is its stability. No matter what form Davydenko is, he usually passes rivals of the level of Mardi Fish. And in Indian-Wells, the American completely outplayed the Russian: almost every presentation of Davydenko had problems. Even at the first presentation, he won only 60% of the draws, but if it came to the second, then write disappeared. Having lost the first set, Davydenko immediately gave another game on his presentation and could no longer recoup. Fish played both more reliable and more powerful, and more diverse. Once this tennis player was considered a great American hope, but by the age of 26 he failed to make himself any serious reputation in tennis.

In the next match, Fish will have to play with Llatyon Hughitt, who knocked out of the net of another Russian tennis player - Mikhail Yuzhnaya. The real struggle did not work out here: Hughitt played, South was tormented. Throughout the game, Mikhail only once had a chance to take the rival’s feed, he provided as many as 12 Breek Punts, 5 of which the Australian realized. In the first set, the South kept to account 5: 5, in the second party, the Russian surrendered to the mercy of the opponent. I did not wait for the merciful. 1: 6 - and Hughitt goes into the fourth circle. The Indian-Wells tournament for Russians ended. When studying the nets, it seemed that South and Davydenko could well play with each other in the fourth round, but did not work out. Let's see if they will be able to recoup on the next American Master in Ki-Biskin.

Roger Federer, whose ill health has been fucked so much recently, easily won his match with Nicolas May. The Frenchman did not show any resistance. It is clear that by this game it is quite difficult to judge the shape of the Swiss, and the next opponent should not become a problem for Federer - with all due respect to Ivan Lyubichich. It is funny that in the third round, a mini-material was held a la cup of Davis Spain-Croatia. Lyubichich won Tommy Robredo, who never learned to play concrete well, and Juan Carlos Ferrero in a stubborn struggle broke the resistance of Mario Anchich.

The third Croat, Ivo Karlovich, resisted Andy Murray for a long time, dragged the Scotsman into two ta-breaks, but still lost. It is curious whether Andy can swing in Indian-Wells for something big and bright. In the fourth round, he will have to play with Tommy Haas. After the victory over another Andy, Roddik, Haas played with Fernando Verdasco and suffered with the Spaniard for 2 hours, 21 minutes and as many as 17 seconds. At this tournament, Haas is a dark horse, no one knows what it is really capable of. In any case, the winner of the match Murray - Haas goes in the quarter -finals on Federer. Well, or in extreme cases for Lyubichich.

The remaining couples in the upper part of the grid look as follows: Llatyon Hughitt against Murdi Fisha and David Nalbandan v. Juan Carlos Ferrero. If the Argentinean shows the game, at least remotely reminiscent of the extravaganza of the end of the last season, it will be almost impossible to stop Nalbandyan. In the third circle, Nalbandan beat Radek Stepaneck on two ta-breaks, between which Seth, which was lost by the Argentinean, wedged in.

In the lower part of the grid of the pair, by the way, often less strong. Korean Lee will play with Swiss Vavrinka, not one of them was sown at the start. The most intriguing meeting is, of course, the new Randev Rafael Nadal with Jo -Win -Win -Winfred Tsonga. Richard Gasuke will measure his strength with James Blake, it is difficult to highlight the favorite here. Here Novak Djokovic is unlikely to chew Kaganyas Guillermo for a long time: the Argentinean is considered a specialist in Federer, and not on Djokovic.

At the women's tournament of the first category, the main matches are still ahead, since waiting for sensations in the third circle is not too wise. However, the Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli treated lovers of fried with her own defeat. However, she lost not to anyone, but the legendary Lindsay Davenport. In this match, the American got everything, and especially the presentation. 17 Asses in two sets - this is cool even by the standards of Andy Roddik. The rival Davenport was just daring from the court, reminding her fans about golden times when she was the first racket of the world. The most important thing is that even now Devavenport does not force himself to quietly regret herself: why, they say, my grandmother will disgrace, play it better for veterans. Look like a graph with an Obvarotilova. At all, the American is still quite competitive, and the victory over the sixth sowing number is a great confirmation of this.

The next testport test will be in the quarter -finals, and it is called Elena Yankovich. It is clear that the favorite of the match is a Serbian tennis player, but she should not underestimate the opponent. Perhaps this is one of the most interesting couples at this stage. In other quarter finals, Ana Ivanovich will play with Vera Zvonareva, Svetlana Kuznetsova will meet with Agnieshka Radwanskaya, and Maria Sharapova, sown under the fourth number strange for her, will have a heavy match with Daniela Gantukhova. If the favorites win, then in the semifinals Ivanovich goes to Yankovich, and Sharapova - to Kuznetsov. However, it is not worth giving them all victory in advance. And Radwans, and Gantukhov, and Zvonarev, and Davenport are able to present a sensation.

Indian-Wells, the Masters series tournament, prize fund $ 3.589 million

The third round

R. Federer (SHVC, 1) - N. May (Fra) - 6: 1, 6: 1

M. Fish (USA) - N. Davydenko (Ros, 4) - 6: 3, 6: 2

D. Nalbandan (Arg, 7) - R. Stepanek (Czech, 29) - 7: 6, 0: 6, 7: 6 E. Murrei (VBR, 11) - I. Karlovich (choir, 20) - 7: 6, 6: 7, 6: 3

L. HUVITT (AL, 24) - M. South (Ros, 13) - 7: 5, 6: 1

I. Lyubichich (choir, 23) - T. Robredo (SPP, 15) - 6: 3, 6: 4

[22] H. Ferrero (SPP, 22) - M. Anchich (choir) - 7: 5, 4: 6, 7: 6

T. Haas (Ger) - F. Verdasco (SPP) - 7: 6, 4: 6, 6: 1

WTA I tournament, prize fund $ 2.1 million

A. Ivanovich (Ser, 1) - F. Skyavone (Ita) - 2: 6, 7: 5, 6: 2

S. Kuznetsova (Ros, 2) - K. Voznyatski (Dan) - 6: 2, 6: 3

E. Yankovich (Ser) - A. Medina Harriguez (SPP, 20) - 6: 3, 6: 3

M. Sharapova (Ros, 4) - A. Bondarenko (Ukr, 15) - 6: 2, 5: 7, 6: 4

D. Gantukhova (SLK) - S. Mirza (ind, 21) - 6: 1, 7: 6

L. Davenport (USA, 24) - M. Bartoli (Fra, 6) - 6: 2, 7: 5

A. Radvansk (Paul, 24) - E. Haklroad (USA) - 4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 4

V. Zvonareva (Ros, 12) - K. Delakva (AVL) - 6: 7, 6: 0, 6: 4

03/19/2008 / Kirill Dementiev, the material was published in the "newspaper" No. 50 dated 03/20/2008.